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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


million oranges last year and expects to
ship twenty-five per cent more this year.
One of the industries Of the boys
and girls at Lowville, N. T.. is the gath
ering Of spruce gum. A great many
make over five dollars day.
Eight Englishwomen have been inn
ported by New York company to cut
velvet-an art that is but little known
in this country.
"A worn car wheel thread. examined
under the microscope. shows that the
surface of the metal comes Oh in thin
fakes or scales.
The sugar trade Of Batavia has
taken great stride since 1880. the pro-
duction increasing year after year. The
crop oflSs4 was the largest ever known.
and that of the present year it ID OK.
pected will be fully up to it
The hop crop last year was about
1900 tons. while the estimated con-
sumption is $1,000 tons. leaving . sur
plus of 10000 tons. Yet, as the hop
crop is sometimes very uncertain. prices
may 60 up again before the close Of
1867.-Cleveiand Leader.
"A scientific novelty Is lens which
magnifies. yet is perfectly fat on both
sides. 1t is made at Jena by the manu-
facturer Of Professor Abbe's new optical
glass. The lens consists Of . single
disk whose density varies 90 that its re-
fractive power decreases regularly from
the surface inward.
I'm . recent lecture before the Royal
Society Of Edinburgh John Murray. Of
tho Challenger expedition, said he be-
lieved that taking its size into consid-
GRAFTON. there was no country in the
world with . better record Of scientific
work or greater mass Of scientific lit
ersture than Scotland during the past
twenty years. Chicago Times.
There is not so much need Of sand
paper in the manufacture Of furniture
aud all cabinet work nowadays. IS the
machinery used turns out very perfect
work. 1t is estimated by one Of the
largest manufacturers OF sand-paper in
the country that not more than seventy
per cent Of the amount Of last years
business will be done this year.-Boston
Budget
"A vexing and unsettled question in
physiology is. ''Why are not the walls
Of stomach and intestines themselves di-
gested BY their own fiuids?'' Because
these tissues are living. was the answer
Of John Hunter in 1772. but DR.. j. w.
Warren has Just disproved this expla-
nation by digesting the legs Of living
frogs in artificial gastric juice. Spring
field Times.
Mr.. Stephen Salisbury. Of Worces-
ter. Mass. has just given to the Tech
nical Institute Of that city el00, 900. to
be used in the erection and equipment
Of building for laboratories for me-
chanical. physical and chemical science
as a memorial to his father. the late
Stephen Salisbury. who for . great
many years was president and chief
patron of the institute. Chicago Trib-
Wne.
The invention Of new optical glass
is said to be creating sensation in the
German scientific world. The glass,
owing to its great refractory power.
promises to be Of marked influence in
practical optics. inasmuch rs it will ad-
init Of the production of lenses Of short
focal width, such rs it has hitherto been
impossible to obtain. For microscopic
photography it will be of the greatest
impOrtance.-PHbiic Opini0N.
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Tho most uncommon names In
English are those which begin with K
There are none in the New York d..
rectory. Philadelphia however. pre-
sents the names Of Xavien Xander
and Xandry, and in Boston there are
several persons named xsvise
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A messenger boy who came up
Lafayette avenue the other day found
. young man waiting for him At
Shelby street. and when the boy halted
he was anxiously asked:
'.Well. did You deliver the basket Of
howerse"
'W course"
did she smiler'
mot bit"
''She didn'tp She must have seen
the card"
'Oh. yes, she read that the first
thing. and then she called the cook
into the hall and told her to heave the
basket into the back yard"
Great Scots! But could that have
been my Sarxhp"
.Oh. no. sir. II was your Sarah's
mother. ."-Desro1 Free Press.
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THEIR PLAN.


AseinG . Ii.
ATRUH sroRY.
Two such woe-begone. draggled little
figures! They came hack to the house.
one behind the other. - slowly as If
they were going to their great-grand-
mothers funeral. and indeed they
looked like chief mourners
The nurse had caught them playing
in the brook. an amusement strictly
forbidden ut this time Of the year, and
. whipping was inevitable.
The whippings didn't come very often
in this family. but for direct disobedi-
ence they were - sure as fate.
Lefty" said the older Of the two
little sisters. I'm tell you what let's
do"
They had on dry clothes, and had
been seated en- two stools. one ON each
side Of the sitting-room fireplace, while
mamma went to get the switch.
"Well. what let's doi" asked Lefty.
in . depressed tone.
why, the first lick mamma gives.
let's holler ike We were bein' killed"
whispered Sue, ''then she won't whip
much"
This naughty plan seemed to work
well. Both little girls yelled % loudly
that mamma was scared.
MY switch must be too keen" she
said. and left OF
1T didn't hardly hurt me bit," said
one little girl gleefully when mamma
was out Of hearing.
'.Me neither" said the other.
Just then they heard . rustic Of .
newspaper in the library. and. peeping
through the half opened door, they saw
papa. After that the children went
about like culprits with . rope round
their necks. expecting another whip
ping. But mamma was trying . now
plan.
Mamma. please take this splinter
out of my hand" said Lefty; '.it hurts
me-"
'.Oh, nor said mamma quietly; ''you
arc hollering before you arc hurt;" and
the poor little finger festsred and got
sore.
''Please give mo drink of WATER"
said Sue; ''Tm % thirsty"
II reckon moi" said mamma 'You
always holler before you are hurt, you
know" and Sue had 10 20 70 the
kitchen for water.
Every petition was treated in tho
same way. antil they could stand it no
longer.
I'VE most haven't got any. mamma.
smiled Sue.
Then they took courage and made
clean breast Of their misery:
'.Is IL cause papa told you what We
did bout bein' whippsdP'' asked Lefty.
YEA" said mamma. gravely. ''that's
the reason treat you - Il you never
told the truth"
20 mamma" they cried. ''we'd
rather b whippedr'
'.But this u Gods plan with His big
children" answered mamma. 'An-
anias and Sapphirs were punished
quick and sharp like . whipping. but
mostly God leaves liars to get their
punishment BY degrees. And it always
comes; - soon - people find out that
you have told . lie, they quit believing
any thing you say; and I've Just been
showing you how uncomfortable thas
H."
But mamma" cried Lstty, ~ No
say We are sorry. and wont do % no
moro. won't you believe - thsnr'
Yea" said mamma, With her
brightest smile. That's Gods way,
too; - soon - anybody b sorry. and
wants to do better. He says He 10 slow
to anger and plsnteous in mercy"
Inever knew Lefty or Sue to act an
Other Ho.-kisobefb r. \Qsa. - & 4
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DEAUlLETTER OFFICE.
An Ent1rtaining Account Of It's
Business Methods.

One Of the Most lnteresting Branches ol
the United Ststes' Postal Department
How the Mall Matter b Classi.
Ned and Disposed ol.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-07-09

Tho musical lite cf Tie Annamites
IN Tonlin furnishes favugite amnDe-
msnt for botA children ard men. ns
kite u a peculiar eoastEas1iaa. and
has attached 70 Il rcd piPs. into
boGA ends a which - cir Fu1hoa, TO
ducing . eoand that = aadib1o = .
Rreat distanco.
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known as lot manure, composed of vege-
table matter from the woods, which was
open to the rays of the sun and rain or
even the vegetable matter itself, and were
mixed with the droppings of animals,
without observing a perceptible difference
i'll the growth and yield Of the plant.
Its Science.
But in our age chemistry has interposed
her hand to assist in asking nature QueS-
tions This mode OF Interpretation of ma
ture called the Baconian or lnductive meth
cd introduced into modern investigation is
the origin of the rapid and extraordinary
advance made in the present age-in trans
portation and travel by steam, and the
transmission of intelligence and news by
telegraph and telephone; in those wonder
full gifts to medicinal science to alleviate
pain and suffering as it were
| from the hands of angels, whose sympa-
| thies were enlisted in the mandatlve sor
rows of poor helpless mOrtals.
| Also in the isolation of the constituents
| of animal and vegetable organism soil,
| air and water-to tell of the combinations
essential to their life, and that the same
elements in different quantities Of combl-
nation, evolves or creates product Of
vastly different qualities.
| Chemistry reduces nature into its ele-
stitions of the philosopher stone directly
to the eye of reason and applies them
practically to the comforts of every day
life, and the development Of a humane and
| kindly civilization.
To Leibis, is greatly due, the impulse
which has been given in our day to asrl-
cultural chemistry, and the dignity which
it is assuming as a science-not only has
been taught the mode of exchange OF
values, as it We're. between the vegetable
and animal kingdom the elimination OF
carbon by animal life and its absorption
or use, or vital appropriation by vegetable
life The elimination Of oxygen by veg
etable life and its absorption or use o'
vital appropriation by animal hfe-th'
value Of which it is difficult to estimate
But also the great principle Of analysis
the taking 10 pieces, as it We're OF th'
different parts of the plants and the soil
reducing them to their original element
and finding out the constituents of th
one and the deficiency of the other. Thu
, teaching us the necessity of applying foo(
to the soil in proportion, as it was extract
,, ed or appropriated by the plant.
We are now endeavoring by every effor
; to bring these principles into practlca
shape.
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In APRIL LAST two wealthy English la
dies came to America to select a school for
the sons of brother who had left home
years before ''to see the world" and who
after variety of adventures, had mar
ried in South Carolina. After careful in
vestigation, the aunts brought their neph-
ews to Binghams. And the White Star
Liner Britannia, which reached New York
October goth, brought two more boys to
Bingham's from across the ocean
So of the 215 pupils on the roll Of this
North Carolina school, four are paid for
in pounds, shillings and pence. We should
like to know if any school, of any grade,
in the South, except Bingham's, ever had
to convert English money into dollars and
cents in payment for pupil. And yet
there are those who still pretend to believe
that North Carolina is behind her sisters
in enterprise!
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DEMO GRATIS JEDi.-ANT.
CleyeianG's N0minatiOn and Election III
1888 Assured.

Especial Telegram to STATE CHRONICLE.l
WASHINGTON D. c., Nov. 10, 10 A. NJ
In New York the Democratic majority is
16,474-a gain of Is. 600 over the Cleveland
vote Col. Fellows majority for District
Attorney is about 10000.
The Democrats have gained a sweeping
victory in Virginia and will have over two
thirds majority in both branches of the
General Assembly Malone is eliminated
from politics forever.
Ohio has gone Republican by over 30
900 majority. Several members of Con
gress from Ohio in the city attribute the
Democratic defeat to Jackson's speech at
Macon.
Massachusetts has gone Republican by
Il, eli majority.
| MARYLAND has gone Democratic by 10,
900 majority but Jackson's vote is the
smallest polled by any Governor in TWEEN
ty years.
In PENNSYLVANIA and Iowa the Republi-
cans win, but Democrats make gains.
Rhode Island gives sweeping Republi-
can victory.
In Mississippi there was no opposition
to the Democratic ticket.
The Republicans capture the Legislature
in New Jersey. 1t will stand: Republicans
40; Democrats, 80.
The Democrats here are jubilant ovel
the results, especially in Virginia and il
New York The election in those State
killed Malone, and virtually renominatet
Mr. Cleveland for President in 1888.
The President received large numbe
of congratulatory calls and telegram
yesterday. GRANVILLE.
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millinery Depailm6nt

we are receiving goods all the time ti'a .le
most fashionable houses in New lOth. ~
ask Is IL look at these goods ana you Hlll pe
convinced of the fact that they are rArP
SIMPLY this, III al the NocatiOns OF life IL y
true moral courage that wins. IT I.H'
pluck that always commands success
the throtllng mental forces of genius ".1-
nerve and backbone that wins battle. 'Il--'
railroads, civilizes this world and 'HtN#
Hlstory-Mediocrity never one + ann.
latlon the other Immortality. 0tuut VIZ.
jackson will live in story forever. li'"Hg
passed over the oblivion shadow at Chance
orsville. The victory in mercantIlc -aplt.-
acy are they who are on the field 70 aas
The defeated say they will get there -oH'
other day. This don't save cont .Ntu.ait
In brief is simply food for leaders who"a'c4I
as Stuart did in his days of glory the -Ig''
opportunities that lay beneath the req ID
the white and the black. Buy your -v'G
Tor cash and save your money at the !, 1. -
VOLNEY PURSELL n -
sep29-3m No. 10 East Martin street
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WHO is HIGGINS.

"Higgins- Higgins-who is Higgins?'
that is the question that has been ringing
in the head of the CHRONICLE editor many
months. The papers have been full of
abuse of the man-Cleveland has been de-
nounced for appointing him-and he seems
to have loomed up in the eye of George
VIM. Curtis as THE mistake of the Presi-
dent.
The recent victory of the Gorman-Hig
gins side in Baltimore has secured for this
wonderful parsonage still more notOriety
and abuse. The question kept ringing in
our ears, we devoured everything said of
him, but still we were not answered. \
few days ago we dispatched letter to
our Washington correspondent and said
write Us something about Higgins-and
tell Us quick-who he is, and what he Is. >
The following is the answer:
Mr.. Higgins is one of the best adver-
tised and most widely known officials in
the Department service. His conspicuous
identification with the German side in
Maryland politics, his well known ability
as political manipulation and his often
expressed and widely published opinions
about civil service have made the name of
| Higgins household word throughout the
country. But little is known of Higgins
as chief of the appointment division of the
Treasury Department. The Mugwump and
Republican newspapers have 80 ventilat-
ed his anti-civil service opinions and have
| clamored for his removal from Office but
nothing has ever been said against his
| business methods in the administration of
his Office. In this matter l have the best
information for saying, that his record is
unassailable. He has introduced reform
and business methods hitherto unknown
and the work of appointment division is
in more satisfactory condition every way
| than it has been for score of years
In the Department Mr.. Higgins is re
garded as one of the most efficient men il
the Department service He is a man o
excellent habits and possesses the very
highest order of business ability. He is
fine accountant and a man Of close appli
cation. His duties are purely executive
and he has no alternative but to obey the
law in this performance. He has very de
cided opinions about civil service, bu
these opinions cannot and do not infiuenc,
his official actions. This EXCEPTIONAL,
strong official record has no doubt prevent
ed his sacrifice to partizan clamor.
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WHAT THEY WANT.
A Statement by Editor King OF w hat the
knights of Labor Want.

The STATE CHRONICLE desires always to
either have an interest or value TO them.
..What do the knights of Labor want?' Is a
question we have often heard asked. 1t
is the business of the CHRONICLE to pub
lish an answer to all questions of public
nature. The following correspondence
was brought about by the above inquiry.
At future date we may discuss some OF
the demands and statements in Mr.. King S
reply To-day We simply publish the cor
respondence which is self explanatory:
RALEIGH, n. c., Oct. %, 1887.
Mr.. c. F. KING, Editor Craftsman:
Ny DEAR SIR:-I am desirous, now that
the late session of the General Assembly
of the knights of Labor has adjourned,
and there is a new interest in tie objects
of the order known as the knights OF
Labor, to lay before the readers of the
CHRONICLE concise statement of the pur-
poses of the order, its plans, and the leg
islation desired by it. particularly desire
a foreshadowing of the particular leglsla
ton the order desires at the hands of the
General Assembly of North Carolina.
address this letter of inquiry TO you be
cause your position as editor Of the organ
of the order, your Intimate association
with members of the order in all parts o
the State, and your known interest in al
plans that will increase the usefulness o
the order, will make your statement
worthy of consideration by all thlnkln:
/ men.
The CHRONICLE has been and is a strOn:
and faithful friend to your order, and ha
endeavored in every way in its power t.
| lend what influence it possesses to all plan
that have for their object the bettermen
and elevation of the men who learn thel
bread in the sweat of their face"
An early answer will ohlige me, ant
will, think, prove useful to the order o
which you have the honor to be a leadln
exponent
| am, with best wishes,
Very truly yours,
JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
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cal changes that the wheels of government
would be clogsed, but surely there is rea
son in melting out justice.
All the foregoing the Knights of Labor
want and all workmen want, we have been
wanting long, and our clamoring has been
going up increasingly. Now, shall we
have it? Who will give it to US or shall
We get it the best way We can?
| am, sir,
Faithfully and fraternally,
c. F. KING.
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We are pleased to learn that Mr.. VIM.
7. Caho, of Pamlico county, has been ap-
pointed Special Inspector of Customs.
Wilmington Messenger. Ex Senator Caho
has many friends in North Carolina who
will read the above notice with as much
pleasure as it gives the CHRONICLE to print
n
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4 DMINISTRATO NOTICE.

Having taken out Letters of Administra-
ton upon the Estate of w. w. Cooley, de
ceased, this is to notify all persons having
claims against the decedent t. present them
to me on or before November goth, 1888. All
persons Indebted to the said decedent will
make immediate payment to me-
Raleigh, n. c., Oct. 20, 1887.
ANDREW SYME
Oct2O-tiw Admir- of w. w. Cooley
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FARMING.
Viewed as to Its Antiquity, Its Litera.
ture and a Science.

ture and as a Science.
The CHRONICLE, while not in the strict
sense an agricultural paper, is ever deslr-
Gus of lending its influence to promote the
best interests of the farmers of North Car
olina, and to that end often gives much OF
its space to a discussion Of matters relat-
ing to the farm. Some weeks ago DR.. E.
j. Rembert, of Sumpter county, S. c.,
read paper before the joint Sumpter
meeting of the State Agricultural and Me-
chanical Society, and the State Grange OF
the P and H., at Columbia, S. c. That
paper is interesting not only because OF It's
subject matter but because DR.. Rembert is
a native of Wake county, North Carolina,
a graduate of two colleges in this country,
and one in Paris He has friends in Wake
and elsewhere who will be glad to read
what he says about farming. This week
we give an extract from the paper, and
next week we will give the continuation
EDITION.
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49,. To day Thursday L. the day for
the inauguration Of Rev. J q. So midt as
President Of The y. c. Lutheran College
at NJ. Pleasant Rev. E. + W Peschau
President OF the Board of Trustees, will
otficiate.
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NOTICE.

Having qualified as Administrator of the
estate of the late J. X. S ewart, | hereby
give notice to all persons indebted to the
estate TO make payment to me, and to all
parties having claims against the estate to
present the same to me before the lst day of
october, 1883. otherwise this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery
This October 1St, 1887.
j. A. ADAMS,
Octb-6W Administrator
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The ploughman, he's bonnie lad
His mind is ever true, 10:
His garter knit below his knee,
His bonnet it is blue, jo.
Then upwi' merry ploughman lad,
And hey my merry ploughman!
OF a. the trades that | do ken,
Commend me to the ploughman.
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THE TOBACCO CROP.
The Leading Tobacco Men i'm the Sta
Interviewed.


Interviewed.
The tobacco crop will not be SO good as
was estimated. The Southern Tobacco
Journal has interviewed leading tobacco
men in all the tobacco marts in North Ca
rolina, and it is the unanimous verdict
that the tobacco grew too fast and too
large to be good. There is scarcity of
fine wrappers and other grades. 1t lacks
color and body and is very coarse and chat
fy. Among the opinions Mr.. W. c. Reed, of
Raleigh, says: 1.-The crop certainly falls
far short of all estimates" Mr. j. S.
Lockhart, of Durham, says: ''The crop is
very different from what we expected.
Instead of rich, waxy, yellow product,
we have bony, overgrown, and chaffy to-
bacco. l think we have sold enough to
get fair sample of the entire crop, al
though the farmers are, no doubt, keeping
back some of the best"
-. Carrying out the provisions of the
law, Governor Scales appointed Maj. R.
S. Tucker, of Raleigh, State Commission
60 for the Raleigh Savings Bank, and
Judge J. II. Gilmer, of Greensboro, State
Commissioner for the Greensboro Savings
Bank. Owing to pressing private busi,
ness Maj. Tucker declined the appoint
ment.
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John S. Long, Esq, Superintendent of
Public instruction of Craven County,
will deliver the regular monthly lecture at
the University, Saturday evening, No
yember II.
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The CHRONICLE extends its heartiest con
gratulatiOns to the editor of the Carthage
Blade. 1t is girl, and the editor is the
happieSt man in Carthage.
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Early in November, Maj. 5. NJ. Finger
has consented to deliver the first OF a
series Of popular lectures at Trinity Col
Iege Maj. Finger will give the boys some
thing TO think about, and Will tell truths
about the educational needs Of our State.
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Among the lawyers attending the Su-
preme Court this week the CHRONICLE has
been pleased to see Messrs. ex-Judge BuX-
ton, Thos. II. Sutton, Duncan Rose, and
N. W. Ray, of Fayettevile; VIM Black,
of Maxton; Edwin W. Kerr, of Sampson;
Platte D. Walker, of Charlotte; J. S.
Lockhart, of Wadesboro; Geo A. Ramsey,
of Burgaw; w. F. French, and Frank and
T. a. McNeill, of Lumberton; T. b Wo-
mack, of Chatham; J. G. Black, of Car
thage, and G. G. Lyon, of Bladen.
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-. Oxford, N. c., has 25 large leaf to-
bacco factories and one smoking and one
plug tobacco factory
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Rev. Elliott W. Bumpstead has accepted
a call to the Episcopal church at Rocky
Mount The Phnuix says ''he is a man Of
high attainments, and broad and liberal
cuiturp =
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Mr. E. A Oldham has resigned his posi-
ton as managing editor of the Annlston
Ala. Hot Blast
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1t is not often that Hon. George Davis,
of Wilmington, comes to Raleigh these
days. His presence in the city in attend
ance upon the Supreme Court last week
was a source of genuine pleasure to his
many friends and admirers at the Capital
He everywhere received marked respect
the respect due to his eminent ability, his
Christian character, and his lofty patriot
ism. He bears the proud distinction of
remaining in private life because-and
only because-public life has no allure
ments for him.